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This photograph shows an industrial prototype in a lime production site capturing CO2 at an Eiffage factory serving as a pilot site for the start-up Revcoo in Haut-Lieu, near Avesnes-sur-Helpe, northern France on June 24, 2025.
This photograph shows an industrial prototype in a lime production site capturing CO2 at an Eiffage factory serving as a pilot site for the start-up Revcoo in Haut-Lieu, near Avesnes-sur-Helpe, northern France on June 24, 2025.
Environment

CO2 in the atmosphere up by record amount in 2024: UN

Levels of the three main greenhouse gases -- the climate-warming CO2, methane and nitrous oxide -- all increased yet again in 2024, with each setting new record highs, the UN's weather and climate agency said.

1 day ago
Environment

World falling far behind deforestation goals with farms and fires driving loss

The report said the world permanently lost 8.1 million hectares of forest, an area about the size of England, in 2024 alone, putting the planet 63% behind the goal set by over 140 countries in the 2021 Glasgow Leaders' Declaration on Forests and Land Use.

2 days ago
Environment

How did an Indian zoo get Tapanuli orangutan?

An Indian court cleared the 3,500-acre wildlife facility known as Vantara on Monday of allegations including unlawful acquisition of animals and financial wrongdoing.

4 weeks ago

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Global

Multinational companies account for nearly a fifth of global CO2 emissions: Researchers

The global supply chains of multinational companies such as BP, Coca-Cola and Walmart are responsible for nearly a fifth of climate-changing carbon dioxide emissions, according to a new study.

5 years ago
Environment

Bering Sea ice at lowest levels in 5,500 years: Study

Winter ice in the Bering Sea is at its lowest levels for 5,500 years, according to a study released Wednesday. 

5 years ago
Entertainment

Film reveals Greta Thunberg as steely, funny and a secret dancer

Greta Thunberg said the weight of having to sound the alarm on climate change was "too much" for her or any child after a hugely surprising fly-on-the-wall film about her rise was premiered at the Venice film festival.

5 years ago
Environment

British newspapers distribution hit by Extinction Rebellion blockade

The distribution of several British newspapers was disrupted on Saturday after Extinction Rebellion climate change activists blockaded printing presses used by Rupert Murdoch's News UK, the publisher of The Times and The Sun.

5 years ago
Environment

Young activists are taking to TikTok to save the planet

If you've assumed that TikTok is only for sharing over-the-top dance challenges, you might want to give the platform a second look.

5 years ago
Global

Global reforestation drive grows fast as governments grasp benefits

The world's largest reforestation push, now almost a decade old, has beaten its 2020 target, as countries use their pledges to tackle national priorities including job creation, food security and climate change, researchers said on Wednesday.

5 years ago
Environment

How to correctly dispose of unwanted electronic and electrical waste

With all the accidents that befall smartphones and tablets, and the never-ending need for up-to-date computers and household appliances, our societies buy and throw away high-tech items at an astonishing rate.

5 years ago
Culture

Is the future of sneakers vegan?

Why buy leather sneakers when you can get sneakers that take into account animal welfare as well as respect for the planet? 

5 years ago
Environment

E-waste a major challenge for the planet

In spite of a host of interesting initiatives to generate value from it, like using bacteria to bind with precious metals it contains, most e-waste is either incinerated or sent to landfill, and only 17.4 percent is recycled.

5 years ago
Culture

Aqua, H&M join forces to turn plastic waste into clothes

Indonesian drinking water brand AQUA and Swedish fashion brand H&M have launched an initiative to create a children's collection made from recycled plastic bottles.

5 years ago
Environment

Mauritius fishermen battle to save dozens dolphins near oil spill

Fishermen battled to save dozens of injured dolphins washed ashore in Mauritius where in recent days at least 40 of the animals were found dead in a lagoon near the site of an oil spill from a Japanese bulk carrier which struck a coral reef.

5 years ago
Environment

Finnish town offers prizes to turn residents green

Inhabitants of a town in Finland can now earn rewards, including bus tickets or free food, if they cut car use, under a scheme to lure the public into lower-carbon lifestyles.

5 years ago
Environment

As virus curbs ease, Extinction Rebellion climate activists head back to streets

After a pandemic hiatus, Extinction Rebellion plans to resume large-scale street protests next week in a bid to push for more rapid action on increasingly evident climate threats.

5 years ago
Global

Criminal recycling scams 'profit from plastic waste surge'

Criminal networks are profiting from an "overwhelming" surge in plastic waste being shipped from rich countries to Asia and stoking pollution by burning and dumping waste that was supposed to be recycled, a report by Interpol said Thursday. 

5 years ago
Environment

La Nina likely, but temperatures set to remain high: UN

Global temperatures boosted by climate change will still be higher than usual despite the cooling effect of a La Nina weather phenomenon expected to develop in the coming months, the UN said Thursday.

5 years ago
Global

17 dead dolphins wash up on Mauritius beach near oil spill site

Seventeen dead dolphins washed up on Mauritius's shore on Wednesday, a government official told Reuters, a month after an oil spill from a Japanese ship that ran aground caused a major ecological disaster in the area.

5 years ago
Global

Long-term threat to Mauritius ecology after spill: Japan experts

The major oil spill caused by a Japanese ship that ran aground in Mauritius may pose a long-term threat to the region's ecology, including to the Indian Ocean island's delicate mangroves, Japanese experts said Tuesday. 

5 years ago
Environment

German capital launches initiative to protect trees from summer heat

Residents of Germany's capital Berlin can do their bit to ensure the city's trees get enough water during the hot summer months as part of a new neighborhood initiative.

5 years ago
Environment

California seeks help as wildfires threaten communities

Nearly two dozen massive wildfires continued to ravage parts of California on Saturday, fueled by high temperatures and ongoing lightning strikes, including 100 that hit on Friday.

5 years ago
Environment

Kenyan all-female conservation ranger unit patrols amid COVID-19

An elite all-female ranger unit named "The Lionesses" patrol a conservation area near Kenya's Amboseli National Park.

5 years ago
Environment

Sea level rise quickens as Greenland ice sheet sheds record amount

Greenland's massive ice sheet saw a record net loss of 532 billion tons last year, raising red flags about accelerating sea level rise.

5 years ago
Environment

Greta Thunberg meets Merkel in fresh push for climate action

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg urged German Chancellor Angela Merkel to be "brave" in the fight against global warming as she sought to breathe fresh life into a climate movement overshadowed by the coronavirus pandemic.

5 years ago
Environment

Humans overshoot 2020 planetary 'budget' on August 22: Report

Humanity will have burned through all the natural resources that the planet can replenish for 2020 by Saturday, according to researchers who said the grim milestone is slightly later than last year after the pandemic slowed runaway overconsumption.

5 years ago
Global

What's behind China's record floods?

China has touted its massive dam network as a remedy for its devastating annual floods, but record deluges have once again killed hundreds of people and submerged thousands of homes this year.

5 years ago
Environment

Merkel hosts Greta Thunberg for talks on climate crisis

German Chancellor Angela Merkel hosted Greta Thunberg and other leading Fridays for Future activists in Berlin on Thursday for talks on the EU's climate goals, with the campaigners expected to condemn "political inaction".

5 years ago
Environment

Brazil VP challenges DiCaprio to a hike in the jungle

Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourao challenged actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio to an eight-hour hike in the Amazon, saying he wanted to show the Hollywood star the rainforest is not actually burning.

5 years ago
Environment

China teenage climate warrior fights a lonely battle

While most of her peers are preparing for university or enjoying summer vacation, 17-year-old Howey Ou is braving intimidation and criticism in China to save the world from climate catastrophe.

5 years ago
SEAsia

'We want our mountains back': the fight over Myanmar's marble hills

Faces covered in white dust and chisels in hand, marble sculptors in Myanmar say the hills that have given them a livelihood for generations are disappearing, as large companies reap the rewards of the prized white rock.

5 years ago
Global

Japan experts head to Mauritius for oil spill clean-up

A new team of Japanese experts headed to Mauritius on Wednesday with special oil-absorbent materials to help the clean-up of tons of oil that leaked from a Japanese-owned ship.

5 years ago
Environment

Atlantic plastic levels far higher than thought: Study

There may be more plastic floating just beneath the surface of the Atlantic ocean today than the estimated total weight of plastic waste dumped in it since 1950, new research showed Tuesday.

5 years ago